§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the total number of eye tests carried out in Wales annually from 1985 to 1989 inclusive.
§ Mr. GristThe number of eye tests carried out in Wales which were paid for by the family practitioner committees for each financial year were as follows:
Number 1985–86 600,714 1986–87 626,644 1987–88 697,280 1988–89 733,469 Most of the sight tests since April 1989 will have been private transactions and statistical information on these is not available centrally. The Government have commissioned a survey of sight tests to cover the period from Christmas 1989 to 31 March 1990. The report on the survey results will be placed in the Library of the House of Commons, some time in early summer.
Langland Bay Limeslade Bay Date of Sample 1989 Total Coliforms per 100 ml E. Coli per 100 ml Total Coliforms per 100 ml E. Coli per 100 ml 3 May 1,300 760 2,400 1,000 9 May 2,800 640 2,500 2,000 16 May 1,100 400 700 200 22 May 1,800 540 2,300 800 31 May 7,200 2,200 15,000 2,000 5 June 200 110 2,100 200 13 June 840 190 800 500 20 June 5,000 470 6,000 3,000 27 June 300 100 100 100 4 July 1,400 580 2,900 2,000 10 July 200 100 10,000 6,000 18 July 700 680 1,600 300 25 July 100 100 700 300 31 July 600 100 500 100 8 August 100 100 400 400 14 August 600 50 500 400 22 August 400 100 1,400 900 31 August 4,000 2S0 200 100 5 September 110 70 7,000 540 11 September 800 340 3,200 450